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What Not to Do When Driving Your Golf Cart

What is it with golf carts that bring out the stupid in people? Now here in Minnesota we usually blame stupid things on Wisconsin so this latest new story is kind of embarrassing.

Our local fish wrap, the Star Tribune reported that 24-year-old Josh Skattum, ran his golf cart into a tree and impaled himself on a three foot tree branch. Was he drunk after too many beers at the 19th hole? Was he lost on the way home from the course? Did he get into some kind of cart accident? No he was just stupid.

He was returning to his father’s house when the cart ran into a tree and a three foot branch pierced the bottom of the cart and impaled itself in this guy’s knee. Amazingly he had no broken bones.

After the accident, Skattum was quoted as saying “it was something freaky that happened, and I second-guessed some of those decisions.”

Oh really now?

Golf Gear News #45 - Sorenstam to Retire, Most Overrated Golfers, Golf Cart Getaway, Golfing in the Green Zone and Black Ops Golfer Interview

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Interview with the Guru: Black Ops Golfer.

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State of the Game: Six Overrated PGA Golfers.

Golf of the Weird: Golf Carts Don’t Make Good Getaway Cars.

Golf Around the World: Golfing in Bagdad’s Green Zone.

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Black Ops Golfer Interview

Bill Gladwell, President
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The author of Black Ops Golfer talks with Golf Gear News revealing the underground, underhanded golf psychology tactics that guarantee a golfer’s complete dominance on the course by instilling fear, doubt, physical pain and utter emotional distress in their opponents. Or maybe its a pile of #@&$. You decide after you listen to the hard-hitting interview.

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Hey if Chrysler can do it, why can’t Callaway?

Callaway Golf announced the start of a new Gas Giveaway promotion which offers a free American Express® Fill It Up® gas card with the purchase of a new FT-i,® FT-5® or Hyper X™ driver from authorized U.S. Callaway Golf retailers . With the purchase of one of these clubs at authorized Callaway Golf retailers between May 15 and July 15, 2008, consumers will receive by mail up to a $100 card value American Express Fill It Up card to help defray the cost of gas at the pump.

This promotion follows the introduction of a similar one by Chrysler last month. If consumers buy a Chrysler, a Dodge or a Jeep, they won’t pay more than $2.99 a gallon for fuel for the next 36 months. It’s limited to 700 gallons per year (approximately 12,000 miles annually).

What is Callaway Doing Right?

It seems that everywhere you look, golf retailing stinks. Pure plays like Golf Galaxy and Golfsmith are sucking wind big time with no end in sight. Yet, Callaway, the venerable equipment leader, is doing quite well thank you very much. Why?

Unlike Golf Galaxy and Golfsmith who are only located in the United States market, Callaway is an international brand and can shift their marketing focus to countries that are growing like Korea, Japan and China. They can also benefit from currency exchange rates. Things don’t seem to be looking up for Golf Galaxy and Golfsmith, but it does for Callaway. Here are the most recent quarterly results (April/May) for each company:

Dicks/Golf Galaxy — Comparable store sales for Golf Galaxy on a 13-week to 13-week proforma basis decreased 8.8 percent, or 9.8 percent after adjusting for the shifted retail calendar. In contrast, the parent, Pittsburgh-based retailer Dicks Sporting Goods reported net sales of $3.89 billion, up 25 percent from $3.11 billion the previous year. Net income increased to $155 million compared with $112.6 million a year ago.

Golfsmith — For the quarter ended March 29, the company lost $5.4 million , or 34 cents per share, compared with a loss of $4.9 million, or 31 cents per share, a year ago. Revenue grew 2 percent to $79.2 million from $77.7 million, in the year-ago period. Golfsmith said its results came in below its expectations due in part to a decline in rounds played and the challenging economic environment.

Callaway Golf — Callaway Golf posted quarterly earnings that beat Wall Street estimates and said it now sees full-year profits at the low end of its previously forecast range. The company, which has been cutting costs and making its operations more efficient, said first-quarter net income grew to $39.7 million, or 61 cents per share, from $32.8 million, or 48 cents per share, a year earlier. Revenue for the quarter was $366.5 million, up nearly 10 percent. Among other things, Callaway said revenue got a boost from foreign currency exchange rates.

Ever Wanted to Throw Your Putter in the Water?

During The Players Championship, Charley Hoffman was having a bad round, already 7 over par when he reached the par-3 13th. After three putting, he calmly tossed his Scotty Cameron putter into the nearby pond. He eventually shot an 11-over 83 and badly missed the cut.

How many of us have wanted to do the same thing?

Animated Short of Polar Bear Putting

On the home page of this blog I periodically show interesting golf videos. Today’s video is actually an animated short of a polar bear putting. Watch his antics and maybe you can see yourself acting the same way.

Shirtless & Shoeless John Daly

What have thing come to for John Daly? The golfer for the Bubba set, is at it again. I ran across a video clip of John Daly, former PGA regular now just a sponsor exemption, playing golf with a local Arkansas TV personality . The talking head is ridiculed for his fancy Puma golf shoes, and Mr. Daly, is playing barefoot (scary) and shirtless (terrifying). I’m not sure why we still feel John Daly deserves TV time, but here he is the video .

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